8.03 6f. 212yds. 7 Declared. Betfred Challenge Cup Final EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Class 4 ) of £10,000.00 2-y-o
1st - €5,400.00 2nd - €2,535.00 3rd - €1,268.00 4th - €634.00
Formscan - Charlie Appleby has won this race twice in the last three years with subsequent Group/Grade 1 winners, which means that ROYAL OFFICER has to be of interest. The son of Galileo was a 1,000,000gns purchase at a breeze-up sale in April and he is closely related to the French 1m3f Listed winner Hidden Dimples. Seagulls Eleven (second) was a place in front of Green Storm (third) when they met on debut over C&D recently and Hugo Palmer's colt could well confirm that form here. Best Adventure was another costly purchase at 650,000gns and he has to be noted, along with Aegean Sea and Castle Stuart.